Hyde5: Should Dolphins call Tony Gonzalez?

1. Should the Dolphins have Tony Gonzalez on speed dial? Just for the prayer he'd pick up the phone? He's the big, productive tight end this offense needs. He's retired and on TV this fall, but admitted to Newsday about returning: "The temptation would be there, but I don't know what the gain would be. I've always wanted a ring. That's been my main goal as a player over the last 15 years of my career. You're really trying to get that ultimate goal. But I'd be a mercenary to come in and get a Super Bowl ring, play with a team for, what, six seven weeks? And even if I got the ring it wouldn't be the same as going through the fight with the team from beginning to end."

OK, the Dolphins are the longest of shots here. Not a Super Bowl contender. Not a team with any coaching or player connections to lure him. They have no chance, really. But the point to understand here is that this offense desperately needs a big target that someone like the 6-5 Gonzalez would provide. Charles Clay is 6-3 and could use a complementary tight end with size. None of the starting wide receivers are big and strong enough to give Ryan Tannehill a throw-it-up-there target.

You call Gonzalez just to stand in line if you're the Dolphins. You also call for fear he'd go to the team that makes sense if he wants to return in mid-season - New England.

2. Terrence Fede has turned heads this camp and now the seventh-round pick is projected to make the roster. It's a refreshing story he would bring, as I wrote in my column today: A defensive tackle from Marist who had no college scholarship, wasn't invited to the NFL combine, became the school's first-ever draft pick. He also was the reason they had their first Pro Day for scouts at Marist this past spring. How many teams showed up? "One,'' he said. "The Jets."

3. The Marlins keep coming on in the N.L. East. They're still not a hot pick for the playoffs - a 6.3 percent chance for the wild-card according to this site that sorts through the schedules and teams. But they're a game over .500 and who saw that coming in May?

4. Johnny Manziel is the story of the NFL preseason. His Monday Night game gave the highest TV rating in five years for a preseason game. Whether he is a regular-season story is the real question, though.